The Green Bay Sustainability Commission voted Feb. 19 to approve its 2025 work plan as amended, adding target dates and revised language to healthy‑habitat items and directing staff to post the updated plan online.

The approved changes include adding a June 2025 target for promoting the city’s Pollinator Corridor map and revising language around No Mow May so action items instead call for promoting “healthy lawn and landscaping practices that support pollinator habitats and stormwater management.” Commissioners also set an April target to have some public information available about the planned transition from city‑sponsored No Mow May, should the Common Council accept the commission’s recommendation.

The motion to approve the amended work plan was moved and seconded during the meeting and passed by voice vote. Commissioners also received and placed on file the Clean Energy Work Group report, which summarized partnerships with regional organizations and programs that support medium and small commercial and industrial energy savings, an Industrial Assessment Center at NWTC, and discussions about how to track municipal decarbonization progress.

During the staff reports, Melissa and others highlighted current initiatives: Energized Green Bay neighborhood clean‑energy information sessions, a Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA)‑facilitated “grow solar” group buy RFP issued to contractors, and near‑term resilience and park projects (East River/East River Van Buren Park design and grant activity). Staff said roughly $400,000 in grant funding is secured for East River project phases and that other applications remain pending.

Commissioners asked staff to coordinate messaging so that the public understands any program changes and to use the March meeting and the commission’s Council report as opportunities to present alternatives and outreach materials.

Votes at a glance:
- Approve 2025 Sustainability Commission work plan (as amended) — motion moved by Ned Neddorf, seconded by Corey Mims; outcome: approved.
- Receive and place on file: Clean Energy Work Group report — motion moved and seconded in meeting; outcome: placed on file.